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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please get over yourselves people who are fortunate to have have good pathway through DCPS.

To the rest of the city you're known as www3.  Whiney white ward 3.[/quote]
Odd how people fight to send their kids to a area they seem to really dislike.[/quote]
I agree PP.  People love to talk about their hatred of Ward 3, but fight tooth and nail to ensure their kids can go to school there.

I get similarly annoyed by the hand-wringing we sometimes see over how Ward 3 schools will lose diversity if certain neighborhoods are zoned out.  But it's most often the people who are being zoned out who worry so much about diversity in Ward 3 schools.  Am I really supposed to believe they're so concerned about the social and emotional development of other children?  Or (more likely) are they just disingenuously faking concern about diversity to support their own rights to access those Ward 3 schools?

I admit this is a rant.  I'm frustrated by this whole process though.  Initially, I was most annoyed by those people who selfishly shout that they will never, ever attend any other school besides Deal and Wilson, and threaten to leave DCPS if they lose favored status.  But now, while I still think they're being selfish and self-destructive, I at least respect them for their honesty.  Now, I'm most frustrated by those who trot out arguments about fairness and equity, when it's obvious that some of them just want access.  The hypocrisy of many posters really disappoints me.

(No, I'm not in Ward 3, and my neighborhood has no possible right to access Deal, Wilson, or any Ward 3 school.  So don't bother accusing me.)[/quote]

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